Bach/Gounod's Ave Maria never sounded so wierd! Hi Benn, thanks for making these videos :)

I mean, this is all well and good, but which is the best bluetooth waterbottle?

I'm only two minutes in but I hope at the end there's a Mod DuoX, Zoia and Poly Digit combo platter

14:15 - - I"M GETTN ONE!!!!..Thank you so much for this....Excellent Review

I hurried over to the bandcamp when you mentioned we could get the discography over there, but I was saddened to see that M3 isn't there. My favorite Flashbulb song is Brown #12 and Benn has been one of my biggest musical and artistic inspirations since I was a teen in the early 00s. I really wish there was some way to buy it from you Benn, even if digitally!

Every time an "effect box" that's a bit more out of the box is reviewed by someone I enjoy and trust, my heart always slightly drops. The inevitable question of "am I too late with my prototype" always comes up. Thankfully, the last twentysomething times I always exhaled a sigh of relief. I wonder how long until I won't... That being said, very interesting stuff, thanks for bringing it to attention :)

Loved it, very fun refreshing, I'ma a fan (of Bluetooth water bottles).

What an impressive product. I hope other DAW developers & hardware manufacturers are paying attention, because if this baby came with a 2TB SSD and a VSTi support, I could just shove all my sample libraries on it and use it as a portable DAW + iLok + audio interface + project repository that works anywhere with a browser. I know Reason Studios have played with HTML5 prototypes of their RE formats (not the sequencer, though), and are probably developing their soft synths into hardware form, so, I hope they are especially paying attention.

I love this guy. Musicians on KZfaq shouldn't feel the need to buy a really expensive camera to make quality content. Also great video dude :)

Now you have to cover the different bluetooth water bottles for all of us that are curious. You did this to yourself. Thanks in advance.

I know nothing about synths. NOTHING. But your Forbidden Planet noises made me want to learn.

Came for the ModDuo, subscribed thanks to the waterbottles :)

I'm retiring from being a wanna be Prog rock/metal guy and find you music (listened separately) and this way of creating music interesting and sorta pulling at me. Makes me wanna try some different things without even knowing what different is...I've been looking at the Poly Beebo pretty hard...maybe I start there. I found you by looking into reverb pedals because I am obsessed with them. Sans chemicals, I am much more cogent but alas, not this day. Cheers, buddy.

14:00 FM badassery. Love it.

Definitely waiting for mine. :)

This is now a bluetooth water bottle review channel.

Being that I'm exclusively a guitar player (with a pretty robust knowledge about guitar related gear), I understood a full 9 seconds of this video. Shit be magic. Make it go. Make us strong.

Awesome video.

This thing is like a god of music in a box.

This is like the Critter and Guitari Organelle if it had a baby with a zoom G5

- Portable - Open source - Powerhouse My favourite things

This looks awfully tempting.

I'm not ready for this

Tinkerer's dream, really. Very cool to see how this started.

Oh my god you're The Flashbulb!?!?!?!! I used to listen to your stuff loads as a teenager!!!

A version of this came on my new Zynthian v4.6 kit...learning it now :)

Looks an interesting bit of kit, I think it would fit nicely into my family of machines :-)

Awesome ! X🤘🏻X

Soniware Liven 8bit synth seems promising for kickstarter. Basically a groove box with a looper & 4 tracks from 4 different engines...not just a midi input.

For the budget conscious among us, check out the PiSound running MODEP. Forked from the same software and it runs as a "hat" for the Raspberry Pi. I have a short video on my channel for those who want to see it in action.

16:39 Thats some BoC stuff right there. I went straight into my slowmo impression of the techno viking on the spot! Excellent!! Just make them drop the price to 500 euro :)

I backed the Mod Dwarf: next product in the line to launch. This video whets my appetite.

I never even bluetooth waterbottled before i saw this.

changed the way we think about bluetooth water bottles XD dead. Had us in the first half, not gonna lie...

I am a big fan of the Axoloti, it is a little more affordable than this and more bare bones but also open source with really cool contributions for everybody to use.

i didnt realize you were the flashbulb until you mentioned it in passing

So the pre-orders are sold out. My credit card lives another day.

Omg lol the bluetooth water bottle 😂😂😂

Linux, jackd, lv2, html. Fantastic what opensource software can do for music gear ;)

4:30 lol @ Bach prelude in C major. That is also one of my go to midi files for testing a new synth.

I don't think I've been this aroused by a piece of new gear since the NDLR (...which is awesome). I've been thinking something like this should be possible - nothing available really hit the right spot. And while I can't just drop Diva or Pianoteq in there - holy fuck, the existing library is already powerful - plus LV2 makes coding your own stuff... okayish (it's still C, so... ). Anyway...Benn: I love you - for your music, for these videos, for your humor (as dry as a particularly desiccating Cabernet Sauvignon), and for your inspiration to my own music-making... but my bank account wants to have a word.

Really jealous of the shock of grey in your eyebrow. Cool as fuck.

The MOD stuff is cool. It’s not revolutionary in what it does but it is revolutionary for supporting plugins. If it would also support VST3 I’d probably jump aboard the MOD ship.

NEW DRINKING GAME: Take a drink every time Benn says words.

stellar review., the ecosystem reminds me of the organelle, but on mega steroids

BBC Radiophonic Workshop approved skills - Grade A. Quality fart sounds - tick Large warbling pad - tick Gratuitous use of LFO and mad-patching of modular synth - tick Then you come out with tasty guitar licks -0.5 for slightly dodgy tapping. Over all Legendary.

This is great, i bought the Mod Dwarf on kickstarter as a result of this video. Sad that the company has experienced such financial difficulty, but hoping they can build it up again. Sad news in the synth world, what with that and Modal and Moog and others

cool, they even used 2nd hand screens from the 90s. f those fancy shmancy futuristic OLEDs.

The bane of all other gear

As a penny pinching guitar player who only has a basic understanding of Reason, this looks like everything I could ask for

Please set up a Patreon for Lucy so that I can directly support the universe for producing something so cute.

This looks really cool! I would love to have one to learn more about different types of synthesis & have a portable non-computer solution for audio effects. My question is whether something like this comes with presets that allow me to not take as hands on of an approach to every patch/sound that I create? Would I easily be able to download/use other people's open source presets shared from forums, etc.?

Lost me at "analogue-sounding"...but you nailed it with "5Gdemic". Kudos.

Bluetooth waterbottle dude

I need a bluetooth waterbottle now.

I was just about to pull the trigger on a Poly Effects Digit/Bebo - when I noticed this video recommended. Evidently, the Mod Duo X is far more powerful - but it would be useful to see a direct comparison. Better still, perhaps, a comparison between Digit/Bebo and the Mod Duo Dwarf, when that's available for review...?

Great video! I am bit confused on what you meant about the Mod duo. Is it more powerful than the x? I though the X is the more advanced version?

Hah, nice Prelude in C Major there.

This looks like a creative tool if I've ever seen one. I'm trying to get out the box but weirdly hardware dragging me back in...

I love this product’s industrial design and i/o options. I don’t like the UI of the editor with the sqewmorphic bs with the jack cables at all. One question: do the fx sound good? Like eventide / empress / strymon good? Hard to judge in a yt vid..

You can run MODEP on a Rasp Pi with PiSound

Now they should build something like the Line6 Helix based on this engine.

Didn't even need a bass to do a bass face.

That pricetag though - estimated sales price is a moderate € 699 if bought directly from their store.

Benn,please do Bluetooth water bottle review!!!

Hey Benn, what are those panels on the wall?

Great video, I would be interested on your thoughts on getting a Mod Duo X vs a Poly Digit/Beebo for use with synths :)

Can you talk about how to use Mod Duo X for vocal processing and effects. I am thinking stuff like Harmonzers, Vocoders, vocal looping (that should be straightforward I guess since you kinda demoed it. But still). Great vid. I am seriously considering the Mod Duo X

I'm particularly interested in this platform for synthesis. If it's possible to make MPE patches, for instance, with that USB host port on the back, it would make the perfect companion for class-compliant MPE controllers like the LinnStrument, etc. If Benn or anyone else watching this (who might have access to this device) would like to demonstrate that, I'd be all ears. ;) Cheers!

can you have all digital delay, ping pong delay and reverb for house and techno sets? also can the outputs work as separate stereo out? so you can use both send and returns on a xone 96 mixer?

How is the screen, doesn't seem to be able to be seen from all angles...i would have the device sitting on my e-piano for use of fx and synth engine (very cool btw) but would i always have to lean forwards to be directly over it to be able to see the screen properly? Apart from that I'm sold.

Could this thing play full backing tracks? Could be cool as a backing track player/audio processor. Good device to tour with

Hi. Just found out about this device and was intrigued by it having a CV output and internal CV tools. Can't find any info on how to use those to control my hardwares CV with the CV tools in this. Can you PLEASE dive into that for a bit? Having a complex CV control unit for my Elektron, Moog, bassline and fx would be really handy, if that is what this actually is capable of. Thanks for a great video. 🙏✌️

It’s really nice, I just wish it was more affordable.

I'd like to get your opinion on the Neunaber Wet Reverberator Plugin. It's based on the algorithm in the Neunaber Immerse Reverberator Mk II Pedal. Have you tried the pedal or the plug-in?

Ok, so its good but how will it track my fluid intake if it doesn't have bluetooth?

I have a dwarf - how did you get the looper to trigger perfectly with the sequencers?

Don't you forget the fidget cube.

Though this thing is deffinitley stronger that I expected, I'm always disappointed by the IO on these units. So many series effects, but why not parallel audio streams? I'm still waiting for the 4+ audio in/out units to make these thing more worth the space on my desk.

Great demo! Do you know what's the latency of the mod duo x?

what are the biggest differences between the mod duo other that no stomp/more dials? different comp specs? also how many of the FX chains in the library are pay to play compared to free?

unrelated to the Mod, what's the 3D wall texture you have going there?

I wish the DuoX had four outputs instead of two, so I could use it as a stereo effect unit and a stereo synth. It seems to be a great device, though.

Question - can I plug my guitar in and use it to play notes / gate in Dexed directly? Also, forgive me if I’m wrong, but you give the impression that Dexed is running directly on the Mod Duo X. Are you running Dexed on the device directly or using MIDI to control it on a PC/Mac?

Its like kymas little brother

Hey Benn, I have the Satriani Vox distortion pedal as well. However, when I try to use it, I hear tons of noise with the distortion. How do you get yours to sound so clean? Since I've gotten old, I can't seem to figure out why distortion/lead sounds so noisy for me. Maybe my pickups suck? The stuff you're producing with the Mod Duo X sounds great! I think I might go for the Mod Dwarf Indiegogo for the smaller footprint due out in December. I'm wondering if it'll be a cheaper substitute to the Zoia and with the software interface, it'll be easier to set up.

hey Benn do you use Elektron gear?

cool device..reminds me of an easy way to use BUzzmachines...

A fellow Quest user. Have you tried Pistol whip? It's like a John Wick rhythm game. I like it a lot more than Beat Saber.

I keep my 5G Barrier Cream in my Bluetooth Water Bottle. Keeps it fresh, yo.

Bach never sounded this... Dunno, but I like it.

Did you ever get to do any tutorials on the mod platform Ben? I've owned a mod dwarf for half a year and still can't dive deep into it as I have with Zoia. For example, I get annoyed whenever i try to play drums with it, and I see a lot of "drums" devices on their pedalstore but they either have lame sounds or I don't understand them. If you ever did any tutorials on mod I'd def watch that, prob even pay for it if need be.

does this play samples too? can I load my own sounds? like drag a wav file into it or something?

HI Ben and all you readers , I bought and used the mod duo X since a year now... The only thing i find missing is the possibility to assign a knob to multiple parameters, to make a superknob or to for example change a parameter on two mono filters (Left and Right channel) with one knob.. I know there is a way around for cv controlled modules. But it schould be possible for non cv controlled (via midi or device) modules... What could be the problem to accomplish that in an update?

Big fan of fart sounds!

Will we see the pedals that’s on Knobs, be brought to this machine?

i'm still getting caught up here. ya see, i hate digital to a degree that i avoid it when there is a viable analog alternative. a suitcase like this changes the intercourse out of alot of stuff, and probably makes the industry rather anxious . sure puts a skance on loopism i had only fantasized. i applaud the developers of these ideas, and i wish them luck. i offer my support in the form of my patronage. put it out there. pEACE, fAnG

Missed opportunity to make the knobs endless encoders imho

Awesome man. It's parAmeter, not perimeter. ;)

Out of curiosity, would it happen to be multitouch screen compatible?